Neutral theory
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Neutral theory may refer to one of these two related theories:
- the neutral theory of molecular evolutionNeutral theory of molecular evolutionThe neutral theory of molecular evolution states that the vast majority of evolutionary changes at the molecular level are caused by random drift of selectively neutral mutants . The theory was introduced by Motoo Kimura in the late 1960s and early 1970s...
; or - the unified neutral theory of biodiversityUnified neutral theory of biodiversityThe unified neutral theory of biodiversity and biogeography is a hypothesis and the title of a monograph by ecologist Stephen Hubbell...
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